Chris Nielsen (politician)

Christian Nielsen (born 1967) is a Canadian politician who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the riding of Edmonton-Decore. He was elected in the 2015 Alberta election with 68% of the popular vote.^[1] Within the Legislature, Nielsen was on a number of standing committees, such as the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship. He was previously the deputy chair of the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, a committee devoted to oversight of Alberta's "rainy day" fund, built from past natural resource revenue.^[2]

Chris Nielsen
Nielsen in May 2015
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Decore
In office May 5, 2015 – May 29, 2023
Preceded by	Janice Sarich
Succeeded by	Sharif Haji
Personal details
Born	April 1967 (age 58) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence(s)	Edmonton, Alberta
Occupation	Shipper, Warehouseman

Background

Nielsen was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1967, before moving to Edmonton in 1982 with his family. He was educated at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), where he attended from 1986 to 1988. After his education, Nielsen held jobs in the industrial sector, and was a shipping receiver at a Lucerne Foods ice cream plant prior to being elected as an MLA.^[2][3]

Electoral history

2019 general election

v t e 2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Decore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Chris Nielsen	8,789	47.54	-21.17
	United Conservative	Karen Principe	7,371	39.87	+13.89
	Alberta Party	Ali Haymour	2,027	10.96	–
	Alberta Independence	Virginia Bruneau	301	1.63	–
Total			18,488	98.79	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			227	1.21
Turnout			18,715	56.68
Eligible electors			33,017
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-17.53
Source(s) Source: "30 - Edmonton-Decore, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 21 May 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 116–119. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

2015 general election

v t e 2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Decore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Chris Nielsen	10,531	67.91%	47.76%
	Progressive Conservative	Janice Sarich	2,847	18.36%	-24.00%
	Wildrose	Dean Miller	1,289	8.31%	-13.24%
	Liberal	Bradley Whalen	691	4.46%	-11.48%
	Green	Trey Capnerhurst	150	0.97%	–
Total			15,508	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			47	37	21
Eligible electors / turnout			32,518	47.90%	0.59%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		14.37%
Source(s) Source: "32 - Edmonton-Decore, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 21 May 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta.